An April Day: A NovelF. V. White, 1883 |
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... young lady was prevailed upon to sing , after which song followed song in quick succession . 66 Now , Nor , " cried out one of the party , an officer from the neighbouring town of Derrylinn , " now , Nor , it is your turn ; tune up ...
... young lady was prevailed upon to sing , after which song followed song in quick succession . 66 Now , Nor , " cried out one of the party , an officer from the neighbouring town of Derrylinn , " now , Nor , it is your turn ; tune up ...
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... young man , who was stretched lazily upon the dry sand , raised himself upon his elbow and began his song . Lord Norwich was quite young , not more than two or three - and - twenty , tall , slender , and fair - haired , with a sunburnt ...
... young man , who was stretched lazily upon the dry sand , raised himself upon his elbow and began his song . Lord Norwich was quite young , not more than two or three - and - twenty , tall , slender , and fair - haired , with a sunburnt ...
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... singing . Please let me go . " As she ended , the moon shone out again , and the young man saw the speaker's face . Just a fleeting glimpse , for the moon , as if bent on tantalising him , again van- ished An April Day . I I.
... singing . Please let me go . " As she ended , the moon shone out again , and the young man saw the speaker's face . Just a fleeting glimpse , for the moon , as if bent on tantalising him , again van- ished An April Day . I I.
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... young , tall , and slender , with a bewitching , soft , little face , which appeared to be all eyes and eyelashes . She was walking demurely along ; but as she passed the two young men the dark curling lashes were raised for an instant ...
... young , tall , and slender , with a bewitching , soft , little face , which appeared to be all eyes and eyelashes . She was walking demurely along ; but as she passed the two young men the dark curling lashes were raised for an instant ...
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... in which stood a giant oak , with low , wide - spreading branches , and , seated on the lowest bough , swaying up and down , was a young girl in a white dress . She was grasping the branch at either side , and as it gently 22 An April Day .
... in which stood a giant oak , with low , wide - spreading branches , and , seated on the lowest bough , swaying up and down , was a young girl in a white dress . She was grasping the branch at either side , and as it gently 22 An April Day .
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66 Kathleen afternoon answer arms asked Lord Norwich beauty began Bertha Wynne boreen bough branch bright Captain Ashurst caught chaff cheeks child cloud colour cricket cried Kathleen dark daugh dead silence Denis O'Brien Denis's Dermot Astore Derrylinn dogcart door faint father fear fell FLORENCE MARRYAT followed frightened gazing girl glance glen Glencullin House grass grew hand haunted house heard heart hedge hedgerows hope horse hurt hussars impa Kath Kathleen felt Kathleen's eyes lane laughed leen light lips listened Miss Bayley Miss Desmond Miss Wynne mond moon moonlight never night papa paused pleasant quickly reached returned Kathleen road round sang seated side silence sing Kathleen Mavourneen smile soft song sound spoke stood strange suddenly Sutton tell thought told tone took turned voice walk watching wich wish wood nymph words young
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Page 7 - Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers! The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light; Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
Page 178 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, 458 And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted.
Page 13 - Her vest of gold Broidered with flowers, and clasped from head to foot: An emerald stone in every golden clasp; And on her brow, fairer than alabaster, A coronet of pearls. But then her face, So lovely, yet so arch, so full of mirth, — The overflowings of an innocent heart, — It haunts me still, though many a year has fled, Like some wild melody.
Page 6 - Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night ! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part ! It may be for years, and it may be forever ! Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Page 225 - I and my love wont to gae ! 1 leaned my back unto an aik ; I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak...
Page 67 - Good-night, good-night ! parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say — good-night, till it be morrow.
Page 88 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.